Commentary for Avodah Zarah 103:8
ור"ע עבודת כוכבים של עובד כוכבים דאסורה מיד מנא ליה אמר עולא אמר קרא (דברים ז, כה) פסילי אלהיהם תשרפון באש משפסלו נעשה אלוה
Ulla said: The verse says, “The graven images of their gods you shall burn with fire” (Deuteronomy 7:25): once they have been made into graven images they become gods.
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
Akiva derives the idea that idols made by idolaters become prohibited immediately from a verse that calls them “graven images.” They are prohibited as soon as they are made.
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